The Country Without a Post Office: Poems
Agha Shahid Ali
(Author)
Description
This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings. These poems evoke the tragedy of his birthplace.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
April 01, 1998
Pages
96
Dimensions
5.53 X 0.36 X 8.23 inches | 0.33 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393317619
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About the Author
Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) taught at the University of Utah, at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Reviews
Combining humane elegance and moral passion, Ali speaks for Kashmir in a large, generous, compassionate, powerful and urgent voice. . . . Few poets in this country have such a voice or such a topic.--Hayden Carruth
Extraordinary formal precision and virtuosity. . . . This is poetry whose appeal is universal, its voice unerringly eloquent. A marvelous achievement.--Edward Said
Extraordinary formal precision and virtuosity. . . . This is poetry whose appeal is universal, its voice unerringly eloquent. A marvelous achievement.--Edward Said
